Nutritional Sciences

Looking at Food and Its Relationship to Health — From a Science Perspective

Solidly rooted in a "hard science" foundation, Nutritional Sciences (NUTR) at Penn State examines how food fuels living beings and how nutrition choices affect every facet of health over time.

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